Biographies of Presenting Authors
Dr, Hany Abdelghaffar is a lecturer of Information Systems at the German University in Cairo( GUC), Egypt. He holds MSc. and PhD from Middlesex University, London, UK. He has several publications in the e‐government field. Dr. Abdelghaffar taught several courses in information systems and e‐business in and he is a SAP certified consultant.
Ireni Akoijam, Scientist D working in National Informatics Centre, Govt. of India under Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. Working for eGovernance projects in Maharashtra responsible for initiation of digitization of ration card holders data for Food and Civil Supplies Department, also various other eGovernance projects such as introducing paperless offices and etendering project. MS in Computer Engineering, Tashkent State Technical University, Tashkent.
Ibrahim Alfadli is PhD student and researcher in the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences at Durham University. His main research focus is in the areas of e‐Government evaluation and assessment. He is also been involved with areas in Quality Assurance in regards of the information technology and self services in the field of banking.
Obaid Almalki is a PhD candidate at BMRI / IRAC at the University of Bedfordshire, Luton, United Kingdom. In 2007, he awarded his Master of Engineering in Software Engineering from the University of Queensland in Australia. He received his Bachelor degree in computer and information systems from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia in 1995.
Mohammed Alsaif. PHD researcher at Inst Local Government Studies, School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham, UK. Master degree in Information System Management at University of Sheffield, UK. BCs Information Technology and Computing at Saudi Arabia. I am interesting in technology implementation and adoption of e‐government, e‐business and ERP systems.
Dr. Mohammed Al‐Sudairi is currently an Associate Professor in College of Business Administration for MIS Department at King Saud University at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is also holding a number of reputable, key administrative and professional positions in Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Leonidas Anthopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the Project Management Department of the TEI of Larissa, Greece. He has IT research, planning and Management experience within organizations, such as the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Information Society S. A., Smart City of Trikala etc. His research interests main concern e‐Government, Smart Cities, Enterprise Architecture, etc.
Dr. Muhammad Irfanullah Arfeen is working as Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, and Deputy Director, Board of Advanced Studies and Research( BASR) at the Virtual University of Pakistan, Islamabad Campus. He has presented many research papers in different conferences. Recently, he attended short course titled“ Seminar on eGovernance for Developing Countries” sponsored by Government of China.
Alina Badulescu is Professor of Economics and PhD coordinator at the Faculty of Economics and Doctoral School in Social Sciences of the University of Oradea, Romania. She graduated Bucharest University of Economics and since has authored and co‐authored numerous journal articles and books. Her interests include economics, but promoting young researchers’ activity as well.
Daniel Badulescu graduated Bucharest University of Economic Studies and has a PhD in Economics. He is Associate Professor in Business Economics and Business Financing at the Department of Economics, University of Oradea, Romania. His current research interests include economics, business economics and business finance.
Janina Banasikowska, PhD is employed at the University of Economics in Katowice as lecturers on Faculty of Informatics and Communication, at Department of Informatics. She is taking part in the research into computer science, systems analysis and computer system design, management information systems, e‐business and public informatics.
Frank Bannister is an Associate Professor in information systems in the School of Computer Science and Statistics in Trinity College Dublin. His research interests include e‐government, e‐democracy and IT evaluation. He is editor of the Electronic Journal of e‐Government and Co‐Director of the European Group for Public Administration permanent study group on e‐ government.
Mithun Barua is the officer in Government of West Bengal, India and PhD student at Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India. The research area is E‐ Government, Technology Management and Public Policy. The author had completed two months research visit at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia on Estonian Government scholarship. The author has five publications in his credit. xi